Sheet-metal packing-case.



No. 881,418. PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908. A. T. KRU SE.

' SHEET METAL PACKING CASE.

AIEPLIOAL'IOR' FILED SEPT. 5, 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908.

A. T. KRUsB.

SHEET METAL PACKING CASE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 6, 1906.

2 sums-$111321 2.

' Iii: fiflama ALFRED T. KRUSE, OF DEFIANCE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN STEEL PACKAGE COMPANY, OF DEFIANCE, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

SHEET-METAL PACKING-CASE.

Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented March 10, 1908.

T allwhom it may concern: Be it known that I, ALFRED T. KRUSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bea ance, in the county of Defiance and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheet-Metal PackingCases, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sheet-metal packing-cases of that class or type designed, primarily, for the transportation and storage of liquids contained in bottles and similar vessels.

The invention relates more particularly to improvements'in the construction of, and means for securing, the meeting edges of the bottom and side and end walls of packingcases of this class whereby this portion of the case is greatl stiffened and strengthened, and a genera ly-improved bottom-supporting flange and friction-bearing-beading' is formed which will be less liable to rust or damage than an other invention of the same class with w 'ch I am acquainted.

With these ends in view, the invention consists in-the novel construction, 'arran ement,

and combination of parts, hereina or described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, are perspective views of broken away portions of the wall and bottom of a case, show,-

ing mannerof constructing and connecting the meeting edges thereof to form a bottom-supporting-flange and friction-bearingbeading in accordance with my invention and illustrating, res ectively, various forms and modifications o the same as hereinafter 40 more fully described.

Similar characters of reference designate like parts throughout all the figures of the drawings. t

The side or end wall 1,1is' bent or crimped to form a bottom-supportin'g-flange or ledge 2, which, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, extends inwardly, and, as shown in Fig. 5, ex tends outwardly, to support the mar inal edges of the bottom, as hereinafter more lly described. After forming the supportingflange 2, themarginal edge of the wall is bent over and about to form a beading 3, which, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 6, is bent inwardliyl with the extreme edge terminating beneat and against the lower fold of the flange 2,

ginal e A and, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, is substantially beneath and in the same plane or in alinement with the wall 1, above.

As shown in Figs. 3, and 4, the flange 2, may be further supported and strengthened by means. of a reinforcing flat strip or bar of .rnetal 4, the broadest surface of said strap being in a horizontal plane.

In Fig. 5, the outwardly-extendingflange 2, and the beading 3, are reinforced by means of a second or companion flange 2*, and beading 3, of the bottom 5,'which take into and over said flange 2, and beading 3, respectively, forming a double flange and heading,

while in Fig. 6, the inwardly-extending flange 2, and beading 3, are reinforced by means of a flange 2 and beading 3, which take over and into said flange 2,, and beading 3, respectively, forminga double flange and beading. Furthermore, in said figure the parts are further strengthened andstiffened by means of an extension portion 6, abutting against the end of a vertical rib 7, formed in' the wall 1. g

In Fi s. 3, and 4, the bottom 5, has its marges bent over and about forming a margina fold 8, and a flange 2, the latter taking over the reinforced inwardly-extending supporting-flange 2, and the former rest- .flange 2 and a utting against the adjacent wall 1. In Fig. 4, it wil be observed that the lower port on of the flanges 2, extends Within the beading 2, and is bent over and about forming a second or inner reinforcing beading '3, therein. v

In Fig. 1, and 2, the inwardly-extending flange 2, terminates in a downwardly-extending portion 9, in aline'ment or in the same vertical plane with the wall 1, and the edge of the wall ortion 1, is bent outwardly and over and about from saiddownwardly-extending ortion 9,forming the beading 3, out-J side of t e vertical plane of the wall with the extreme edge 6 resting against and abut.- ting the downwardly-extending ortion 9. The bottom 5, in this instance, is secured about the wall 1, just above the flange 2, by means of an upwardly-extending flange 10, and rivets 11. It will be observed that the marginal edges of the bottom 5, rest directly on and are su ported by the flange 2, and in tion 13, abutting against theinner edge of the flange 2.

Having thus described my invention,

without havin attempted to set forth all the having a peripheral flange resting on said lat- I eral flange and a depending portion below said peripheral flange, the depending ortion of the bottom and the part 0 the wal below the lateral flange being rolled into a double walled beading.

- 2. in a packing-case, a Wall provided with a -bottom-supporting-flange a rib abutting against said flange and a friction-bearing beading, and a bottom provided with a marginal flange mounted on and registering with said bottom-supporting-fiange.

3. In a packing-case, va Wall provided with a bottom-supportin --flen,g ;e and a frictionbearing beading, an a bottom provided with a companion supporting-flange in registersear-1e ing' engagement with the other and a do pending-rib having its ends abutting against said last mentioned flange.

4. In a packing-case, a wall and bottom having their'marginal edges bent over and 1 about each other forming a doublenralled horizontally extending bottom supporting flange and terminating in a double-walled friction bearing-beading.

5. In a packing-case, a wall and bottom ALFRED T. KRUSE.

Vl itnesses R. W. WonrMAN, O. C. BILLMAN. 

